Chapter four-The Reception

Temari and Shikamaru slid the rings on each other fingers and said their vows. They took their first official Mr and Mrs Nara kiss, took their hands and ran down the isle. Some people started tearing while Gai and Lee thought it was very youthful. Naruto had one thing on his mind, alright two how pretty Hinata looked. The other thing he was thinking was Reception: Party time.

'I wonder how light on his feet Choji is, uh bad joke' Thought Ino looking Choji up and down, bitting her lower lip. Sakura spent almost the entire wedding starring at her feat for every time she would have looked at Shika and Tem she would think of her and Sasuke and die a little inside. INNER SAKURA: Mhrrr no body loves me..."

Lee, who never took his eyes off Sakura saw her in her state. "Oh my cherry blossom, I hate to see you this way. Alright then, if I cannot cheer Sakura up by the end of tonight then she will never love me and it will be 1,000 push ups. Yosh!'

So then after they ran down the isle people were escorted to the reception hall.
--Time skip like I dunno five minuets--

Sure enough Gai had challenged Kakashi to a dance off to get things started. Kakashi who had brought a icha icha paradise with him just slipped it out and started reading. Gai fummed about him being so cool all the time but Lee joined his sensei's side and they did a most youthful dance and got things started. Choji had to restrain himself from eating all the food and just sat there sipping water while Shikamaru slipped a large slate of food onto his plate with a smirk. "I like the old Choji much better" Choji was about to dig in but a soft, delicate, milky hand grabbed his. "C'mon Choji you promised me a dance" said Ino. Choji was in awe at how she looked and allowed her to pull him around.

Shikamaru was happy for his best friend and before he knew it Choji's father had slipped that large slate of food out from under his nose. As the slow dance started Choji put his hands on Ino's hips as she rapped her arms around his neck. Tenten used genjutsu to hide her ring as she and Neji took the floor. Many other guests took the floor while Kakashi took a seat next to Naruto who was wolfing down his food.

Kakashi looked up from his book and scanned the room. First he saw almost everyone slow dancing. More to the left he saw a now panting Gai and Lee. Sakura was at the bar looking a little sick. The bartender brought her a glass but she took the bottle and started crying as she sucked the bottle dry. While to the right there was a clearly private table with people who all bared the Byakugan. Hinata was sitting with her family and wished she had enough courage to ask Naruto to dance.

Many girls had crowed around Kiba petting Akamaru and saying how cute he was. Kiba was glad he took Hinata's advice by putting a black bow tie on his collar. Akamaru loved the attention while Kiba loved the ladies. Shino sat beside him leaning back on his chair watching a bee hover around his finger but still looked bored out of his mind, if he could even show emotions behind that trench oat hood and sunglasses.

Neji dipped Tenten making her giggle but even upside down she saw how lonely Hinata looked. "Hey why isn't anyone dancing with Hinata?" "Because everyone is afraid trying to hook up with the heir of the Hyuuga clan with out Uncle Hashi killing them. Besides she'd rather dance with Naruto, but she can't even get near him without passing out." Tenten sighed for her dear friend but was lifted back up and continued to dance with the love of her life.

Sakura was getting worse by the second drinking and crying. She tried to get up but her knees gave in and she fell back wards. There was a green flash passing through the tables. Sakura closed her eyes and waiting to hit the ground but it never happened. She felt one hand under her knees and a second on her back. She opened up her eyes and the person who caught her, boar the face of Sasuke Uchiha.

Naruto had Finlay finished his food as Kakashi turned his head away from everyone else and back to Naruto. "Naruto now that you are done being a glutton..." Naruto looked up from his empty plate with food on his face and that same stupid grin giggling at his sensei's comment. "It looks like Hinata has no one to dance with, why don't you ask her?" Naruto sighed, only because he was full and did not want to stand up. "Yeah sure thing sensei, hey have you seen ero-sannin?" Kakashi sighed as well and disappeared in a flash looking for the pervert.

Sakura looked up as Sasuke's face still holding on to her. "You should not drink this hard Sakura, it is un-lady like. But more importantly bad for you. And I never want anything bad to happen to you" "Why! Why did you leave me, I wanted to go with you, Why did you leave me?" "Leave you?" Sakura's eyesight became less blurry and Sasuke's face turned into Lee. "Sakura you know I would never leave you. The day we met I promised I would protect you with my life. And I will protect you forever." This did not stop her from crying anymore. "Lee I am so sorry." "Sorry for what Sakura?"

"For all the times I ignored you, for focusing all my time and effort on someone who didn't love me when there was always someone there who proved his love time and time again. For not being a good friend that is what I am sorry for."

Naruto walked passes the VIP clan tables all the way to the Hyuuga. 'Why do they have to be in the back this is awkward enough as it is. Hinata was nursing her drink, as her little sister Hanabi looked up to see Naruto was approaching their table. "Hey Hinata, look who's coming your way" Hinata got one glance at Naruto, made a sort of eep noise with a small jump of shock. She quickly crawled under the table and Hanabi followed her under. Hashi watched his 19 and 17 year old daughters, go play under the table cloth and poured much more wine into his glass with a sigh.

As Naruto got closer to the table he was approached by a teenage with brown hair, blue goggles and a scarf. "Hey boss!" "Hey Konohamaru, have you seen Hinata?" "Who Hanabi's older sister? Why would you wanna see her?...Oh I get yeah boss." He said with a smirk. Naruto's eyes grew in shock as a blush grew even faster "You left that girl with the pink hair for a new girl hu? Quite the ladies man boss."

"Konohamaru it is nothing like that. Anyway small fry do you know where she is?" "Why boss you gunna ask her to dance?" He said with an evil smirk, however Naruto gave him the same smirk back. "As a matter of a fact I am." Hinata turned crimson as the conversation could be heard from under the table. Hanabi poked her head out from the table cloth "Naruto she's under hear!" "H-Hanabi no!"

Lee had taken Sakura away from the bar and into a hall way bench as she continued to cry onto his shoulder. "It is OK Sakura- "No it is not OK Lee, I've been so mean to you for all these years. You saved my life so many times I cannot keep track." "You made a mistake. Gai-sensei says that youth and mistakes go hand in hand." (Actual quote, look it up) "You must hate me" Lee lifted up her chin and wiped away the tears "I could never hate you, you are to precious to me" This just made Sakura cry even more and look down at her feat. "You're sniff such a good person Lee. and I think I just had an Epiphany"

"Epiphany? What is that Sakura? It sounds most youthful and-" Sakura put a finger over his lips but kept her head down. "What is means is that I realized what is wrong with my life and how I can fix it and you helped me do that Lee." "Yosh! Gai-sensei will be most proud of me-" Sakura had to stop him. "There's more Lee. I want to thank you and make up for all these years." "How would you do that Sakura?" Sakura lifted up her head with a lustful look in her eyes. They both closed their eyes and turned their heads to a side as their lips met.

Hinata tried to crawl away and find an exit but Naruto lift up the cloth a little "Hinata? What are you doing down here?" "O-Oh nothing Naruto." Naruto offered his hand and she got out from under the table. "Hinata? Hinata?" The poor girl was in shock that Naruto hadn't let go of her hand. Naruto caught this, let go and Hinata began looking down and pressing her fingers together. "So Hinata do wanna dance?" Hinata turned beat red "Wh-What did you say N-Naruto?" He grabbed her hand again and dragged her to the floor.

"Oh look Shika. It seems like everyones hooking up." Said Temari holding Shikamaru's hand. "Well why shouldn't they, this isn't just your day..." he said with him hand in his chin as he looked away very bored. Temari's teeth had become fangs and her eyes were all white "WHAT WAS THAT?" 'oh man, I...mean...this is both of our day?" With a huff she sat back down grumbling. 'Sometimes I don't mind being a genius' Temari felt a tap on her shoulder as she looked over and Shikamaru fed her a piece of wedding cake. She ate it happily, then pecked him on the cheek. "I love you, you known that." Kankuro came walking buy "The bar is out of booze already, the guy said some pink haired girl drank it all." 'Sakura?' "They should me more in the whine cellar" "Hey Temari, where is Sakura I haven't seen her in a while?" "Me neither" "Hey where's Lee too?" "NO!" Shikamaru leaned back on his seat. "Maybe you were right, everyone is hooking up tonight.

On the dance floor another slow song started just as Naruto and Hinata got there. Gaara took the center of the stage. May we please watch the first dance of Mr and Mrs Shikamaru Nara. Temari and Shikamaru started to dance to "Far Away" by Nickleback. After the first chorus they invited their friends to join them. Choji and Ino continued as they were. Tenten rested her head on Neji's shoulder and Neji rested his head on the top of hers. Being a gentleman Asuma bowed and Kurenai gave him her hand and they elegantly took the floor. Kiba danced with one of the girls who pat Akamaru while Shino watched over the pup.

Kakashi watched as Tsunade chased Jiriya around for peeping, as he giggled to himself. Anko knocked the icha icha out of his hand and took his hand. "Why thank you Kakashi I would love to dance with you." "Uh, wait what?" But it was too late and she had all ready dragged him onto the floor. Finally Naruto got Hinata to dance with him. Naruto had his arm around her back and his other hand was holding hers. They began to swing back and forth and Hinata felt like she was on cloud 9.